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Hooray...Midwinter's Day was yesterday...the days will be getting longer and summer will be here again "soon"...

Does anybody own a 5 string Peavey International ? Could they tell me the scale length,almost certain it's 34" but need it confirmed. Cheers kb

Hi Bass players.  I'm Bob O'Brien a 61 year old jazz upright bass player who has been playing on and off for about 50 years.  I play a German flatback bass of unknown origin made in the 1850's with a Revolution Solo pickup and use a Gallien-Kruger amplifier for small gigs.  I studied at Berklee in the late 1970's, stopped gigging after getting married to pursue a day job, and retired in August (finally!!) and am playing the bass regularly again.  I've kept my chops up fairly well over the years but completely lost touch with equipment, technology, trends, etc that affect bass players.  I really appreciate the wealth of bass knowledge on these pages and look forward to learning from everyone here on the boards.

Someone posted a pic of my Shuker fretless on a Facebook page - Bass Players United - it got 12k likes, 2.5k shares and nearly 1000 comments... erk

9 years cancer free today! Rock on!

I found out this last week that I'd passed my MA in composition. I must obviously be mad, I'm starting my PhD this coming week.

Don't listen to the guy below me, it's all lies

Just noticed that on 26th August, I will have been a member here for 8 years....

Thanks for having me...

Any bearded men with Barefaced cabs???

Some lovely stuff in Basses For Sale, not doing my GAS any good though... 😁

I have never ever looked at any eBay sale item tagged with "Look!" or similar.  Never will.

I have never ever looked at any eBay sale item tagged with "Look!" or similar.  Never will.

I have never ever looked at any eBay sale item tagged with "Look!" or similar.  Never will.

Two-saddle P Bass bridges! I'm done with 'em! They look 'authentic' but really the action and intonation adjustments are always a compromise. You can see why Leo went for the four-saddle job in 1957! Fitted a Fender Am Deluxe four-saddle variant instead and it's a different bass entirely. Peace out!!

Two-saddle P Bass bridges! I'm done with 'em! They look 'authentic' but really the action and intonation adjustments are always a compromise. You can see why Leo went for the four-saddle job in 1957! Fitted a Fender Am Deluxe four-saddle variant instead and it's a different bass entirely. Peace out!!

Milliput Superfine White is excellent for nut repair. Just sayin'.

Milliput Superfine White is excellent for nut repair. Just sayin'.

Just had my first "complete stranger has left you millions of $ in his will " email. Only took 20 year :-)

Tried to take a knife into the US Embassy this morning. Doh! Must say, they were pretty cool about it. 

With reference to recent traffic accidents due to weather: Does anyone else wonder why people will even drive in these conditions in the first place, then drive as if conditions are warm and dry with good visibility? Are they fecking thick, or deluded, or what?

With reference to recent traffic accidents due to weather: Does anyone else wonder why people will even drive in these conditions in the first place, then drive as if conditions are warm and dry with good visibility? Are they fecking thick, or deluded, or what?

Revelation: Fender 7250 nickel rounds are perfect for fingerstyle on a Jazz bass! Heft!

Revelation: Fender 7250 nickel rounds are perfect for fingerstyle on a Jazz bass! Heft!

Revelation: Fender 7250 nickel rounds are perfect for fingerstyle on a Jazz bass! Heft!

Had a screw head shear off a bridge screw - boo! But the new bridge I'm fitting has screw holes in different positions anyway, so I don't have to remove the screw - hooray!